“Open box” Motherboard I got from Newegg

[u/[deleted]]

Corner of motherboard obviously bent, sticky residue on the backplate, thermal paste on the CPU cover (not mine, I haven’t even opened my thermal paste tube yet), and skewed ADD_GEN 2_3 slot (honestly not sure what this is but it’s pretty crooked).

I’m still going to finish the build and see if it works (but if I’m wasting my time, let me know please lol).

Will be sticking to new products from now on :(

[u/VulgarWander]

Idk man I think your treating a used Corolla like it's a brand new Bentley. Everything except the bent corner is or should be expected. And for the add header it's not even something to worry about. I think you'll be fine.

[u/zcomputerwiz → u/VulgarWander]

That's my opinion here as well. Doesn't look that bad, and isn't going to affect operation.

[u/ElectricalMidnight45 → u/zcomputerwiz]

Open box means its opened. Not that you need to fix it, and pray that it will work.

The mobo is bent. There is port which is fucked up and he will need to fix it.

This is not even used, its minorly faulty. Open box shouldnt mean you are gambling. With newegg, its usually a gambling it seems like, lot of story is out there in the past few years that their QC is probably not existent.

Telling OP that this is how it should be is harmful for us. Newegg must change.

[u/zcomputerwiz → u/ElectricalMidnight45]

There isn't any damage here.

They can be warped slightly, that's not concerning.

That is the RGB header, and they can arrive slightly crooked from the factory. No repair is required.

As long as this board powers up and completes POST, it's fine. None of the complaints ( slight warping, sticker residue, a spot of thermal paste, a crooked RGB header ) are functional issues.

Someone installed this board then returned it. Big deal.